100 Skills Every Man Should Know

Popular Mechanics ^ | October 2008 | The Editors

[discostu]

Not only can I not do at least half of them I don’t want to. I don’t live in snow country, don’t want to drive off road, have no need to weld anything ever, don’t live where my car can sink, don’t like turkey, don’t like gardening, etc etc. Like all these kinds of lists it’s a lot of good stuff if you want to re-enact Jeremiah Johnson, but for us regular folks not so much, what little stuff in there that might be useful to me that I can’t do is why I got a good job, I can pay somebody to do it.

[MarkL]

Sorry, I've never reloaded .45LC. But for heavy .44Mag loads (180gr JHP or 300gr Sierra JSP), I used to be very fond of W/W 296 or Hodgdon H110 (they're nearly interchangeable) loads. The 180gr loads were amusing to shoot at indoor ranges: You got a HUGH fireball! Be aware that reduced loads with these powders can be dangerous. Sorry I don't have any loading data handy.

Mark

[WayneS]

Thanks anyway.

I’m sure it’ll be fun investigating and experimenting with loads for the slightly lighter slugs.

I hope you have a good day!